MERV's  WEDNESDAY  19th  SHOW
Where: Venue 17
When: 1.00pm - 2.30pm
Price: £11.00 / £10.00 concs

CABARET

Following last year's sold out five-star hit, Jess (star of Dead Ringers, Newzoids, Little Voice) is back with an all new show! Amazing mimicry, stunning singing, cheeky wit and a different show every night, thanks to the legendary Wheels of Sixty-Four Tunes. Showstopping musical mash-ups, incredible vocal gymnastics and irreverent celebrity impressions make the perfect feel-good show. With Kirsty Newton at the piano.

THEATRE

The Terrible Tale of the Twiddly Widdlies

Entangle yourself deep within the dingy town of Lagging Gallows in the company of two narrators whose bandaged faces act as screens for eye-popping, innovative projection. Join the mayhem and feast on a meaty slice of bonkers and blood thirsty poetry. Created and performed by two members of critically acclaimed, multi award winners Kill The Beast (The Boy Who Kicked Pigs, He Had Hairy Hands), The Terrible Tale of the Twiddly Widdlies promises to lure you down a dark and dangerous garden path to wrack and ruin.

COMEDY

Elf Lyons: Being Barbarella

Meet the most dyspraxic five-star astronavigatrix and enthusiastic sexy comedian of the future. Inspired by the film Barbarella, join Elf, the Feminist Times’ One to Watch, on her fast-paced exploration through the world of sexuality - from dressage horses, sci-fi superheroes and the secret life of sharks. 'Elf demonstrates what it means to be the voice of a generation... Engaging, spritely, totally endearing, and wonderfully funny' ***** (DirtAndCandy.com, Adelaide Fringe, Australia 2015). 'Being Barbarella is one of the strongest stand-up shows I’ve seen' **** (TheNewCurrent.co.uk, Vault Festival, London 2015).

THEATRE

Jamie Wood - O No!

Following the success of Beating McEnroe, Jamie Wood returns to the Fringe with a new show, employing his signature blend of anarchic comedy, fandom and emotional terrorism. A psychedelic ride, and wonky homage to the woman damned for destroying The Beatles, O No! borrows Yoko Ono's art instructions to ask whether falling in love is always catastrophic. This is a show about reckless optimism, avant-garde art and what we might learn from the hippies. 'As funny as the best comedy, super-theatrical and entirely unlike anything else’ (Brian Logan).

CIRCUS

Wings in My Heart

Wings by Rigolo is a world beating game changer in international new circus, featuring an ex-Cirque du Soleil world champion cast, hosted by an ex-No Fit State production crew. This beautiful journey rewrites the script on European circus skills - and with an enchanting and classic world tour premiere construction, its breathtaking and soul touching sophisticated weightless universe provides a guaranteed sell-out for all houses. Audiences will see brand new themes and disciplines which blow away the sharpest critics’ concerns. A thrilling delight. A blank canvas. This is the mothership connection of new awe-inspiring world circus.

COMEDY

Danny Ward - St Vitus Dance

Slick, quick and packed with funny material, high energy comedy from 2013 Amused Moose Award winner and 2013 Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year nominee. An hour of high-octane stand-up with sneaky puns and well-hidden one-liners. 'I found myself not able to stop laughing' ***** (Audience review, 2014). 'Delightfully clever punchlines' (Chortle.co.uk, 2014). 'Observational gags coming thick and fast' (Leicester Mercury, 2013). 'Hilarious and slightly daft... This is observational comedy at its most pragmatic and endearing' **** (ThreeWeeks, 2014).

CABARET

VELVET

Sexy, spectacular, sparkling (and a little sadomasochistic). Velvet completely redefines cabaret as a disco inferno that shocks, surprises, scintillates at every turn. A party - funky, fresh, fun, sexy. The must-see show of the Fringe! Astonishing hit of the Adelaide Fringe 2015. An electrifying trip to a world of glamour and abandon including vocal, dance and acrobatic stars. Leaves the audience stunned and awestruck. A fantastic experience of sensory overload that gets not only a standing but boogying ovation. This is a stunner of a show, nothing but an endorphin rush! www.velvettheshow.com

HOST

MERVYN STUTTER

“Mervyn Stutter is very very good as compere of this chat show; for to make such a showcase work requires skill, talent and quick reactions. Stutter works the crowd like the showman he is. Excellent…really, really good.”
The Observer

Jess Robinson: The Rise of Mighty Voice

“Mervyn Stutter is very very good as compere of this chat show; for to make such a showcase work requires skill, talent and quick reactions. Stutter works the crowd like the showman he is. Excellent…really, really good.”
The Observer